Why I Hate Mission Control (Not any more though!)
For the first couple weeks of running OS X Lion, I hated Mission Control with a passion. Couldn’t stand it. I’m a hardcore multitasker. When I’m not writing research papers for school, I’m running Coda in one space, Chrome in another, iTunes in another, Calendar, Mail, etc. I like to have them all in different spaces. But I suddenly realized the flaw with Spaces in Snow Leopard. I couldn’t have different workflows. For instance, when I’m making vinyl signs I like to have illustrator to the space next to Chrome, but when I’m in dev mode I prefer to have it down next to photoshop. That way I can switch right over.
Mission control came along and I about shit a brick. Nothing worked. I hated it. Then miraculously, I discovered you could four finger swipe between all the mini-expose’s of each space. Suddenly I can rearrange all my windows with ease, get to any space with minimal effort, and easily see EVERY window open at once. Absolutely amazing.